Icom IC-7110 Gets FCC Approval on November 6 — What It Means for US Hams

The Icom IC-7110 just took a major step toward US shelves. According to its FCC filing, the IC-7110 was granted FCC approval on November 6, 2026, just one day...

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Buying Your First Soldering Iron

As a follow-up to Roy Hartkopf’s, VK3AOH, article “Choosing a Soldering Iron,” in the November/December 2026 issue, ARRL Senior Laboratory Engineer, Rick Ciervo, W1CIE, visits the podcast to tell us...

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1,000 Feet Above the Wheat Fields: K7TQ’s SOTA Activation of Steptoe Butte (W7W/WE-023)

by Randy (K7TQ) On October 30, 2026, I decided it was time for another SOTA activation. I had already activated Kamiak Butte, W7W/WE-022, the week before and posted a...

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Before the Next SSTV Pass, try one Known Recording

By Alex Carter, CannedRocket / SSTV Signal Desk An empty Slow Scan Television receive window does not tell you whether the problem is the signal, audio route or decoder....

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CROTA – Church Ruins On The Air

Presents the CROTA (Church Ruins On The Air) international amateur radio award and activation program. It encourages finding, activating, and collecting… – Listed in DX Resources/Ham Radio Awards Go...

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